Photographs (left - right) * Blue heron on River Coquet - riverside, Rothbury - robin, Cragside Rothbury may have made the headlines for all the wrong reasons a couple of years ago but the press attention also showed just how beautiful the surrounding countryside is and many of the locals are happy to talk [...]
If you were late for work this morning, it's about the only day when you can use the excuse that you couldn't open the front door due to the pile of Valentine's cards blocking your path to work. If like me, you live in the real world where the only card you get is from [...]
After a meeting early this morning on the 'other side of the water', I decided to seek out some art while I was there. Someone had told me about an exhibition I might be interested in called Once Upon A Time based on children's books at The Customs House in South Shields. This was no [...]
Now, I'm not quite sure how to approach this subject without making any enemies. Each year, the Turner Prize is awarded to a British artist under the age of fifty for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the twelve months preceding. The prize fund is £40,000 and is divided between the [...]
Well, the festivities are over for another year and thankfully all the stresses that come with it. I trust you've all had a very Merry Christmas and would like to wish a Happy Hogmanay to you all! I say Hogmanay not because I'm Scottish (I'm not), but because I have spent the last eleven years [...]
Just a quick note to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. Hopefully you are all prepared for the big day and can relax knowing that everything is bought and wrapped and all the preparation that can be done is done. Have a great Christmas and New Year and we'll see you back here in [...]
I went to see Example last night in Newcastle and he didn't disappoint. When I bought the tickets he had only released a couple of tracks but I had a feeling he was about to go stellar. His dance style hip hop made for a lively gig and he really knows how to play the [...]
I saw the fabulous Beverley Knight for the second time last night at The Sage. If you ever have the chance to visit the North East, then I'd thoroughly recommend a visit to The Sage on the waterfront at Gateshead. The building, designed by Lord Norman Foster and his architectural team, is worth a viewing [...]
Field of poppies taken in Warkworth, Northumberland
....the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot. I know of no reason why gunpowder, treason should ever be forgot. Probably like the majority of you, I spent last night celebrating Guy Fawkes around a bonfire and watching the spectacular fireworks. A few of us headed along the coast to an organised display in [...]
